Jorge Cortez, whose parents founded the iconic Mi Tierra restaurant at Market Square in downtown San Antonio, died Monday at the age of 81, La Familia Cortez Restaurants said.

After the 2023 opening of a successful food truck, Taqueria Mi Tierra Caliente, Maria Hernandez knew the only location for a future brick-and-mortar restaurant would be in downtown Summerville.

It’s the flagship of the Cortez family’s restaurant dynasty that includes Pico de Gallo, La Margarita, Viva Villa and now Mi Familia de Mi Tierra at The Rim, which opened in November.

SAN ANTONIO – September marks the 75th anniversary of Mi Tierra, a downtown staple. While it may be a place known for authentic Mexican food, the Cortez family, who owns the iconic restaurant ...

The Mi Tierra location that's opening in Alexandria next year will bring everything customers love about the original place and more. That's the vision of Irma Rodriguez, who started the Mexican ...

Raul Salazar knows. And he’s not telling. For the past 15 years of his 45-year career at Mi Tierra, Salazar has has been the only worker with the key to the restaurant’s spice room, a place ...